The Work-Life Firewall

My company has the option to install email/teams on your personal phone, and almost everyone at the company, including me, is hourly.

I walked into work one day, and the CFO (a stereotypical workaholic) says to me:

CFO: “Did you see the email I sent you this morning about [whatever]?”

Me: “No, because I’m literally just walking in. I haven’t opened my laptop yet.”

CFO: “You don’t have a work email account on your phone?”

Me: “No?”

CFO: *Surprised.* “Why not?”

Me: “I’m hourly, and I don’t put work stuff on personal devices. When I’m not here, I pretend this company doesn’t exist.”

He wasn’t mad or anything, but he looked at me like I was an alien.